Over the last few years, Seth M. Sherwood has written the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE prequel LEATHERFACE (pictured above), co-wrote the slasher HELL FEST, and worked on the Hulu series Light as a Feather. Now Sherwood has set up another genre project, and this one he's going to be directing as well.
Sherwood is writing and will be making his feature directorial debut with the horror thriller BOYFRIEND, which is being financed and produced by Oakhurst Entertainment. Brillstein Entertainment will also be producing the film, along with BloodList creator Kailey Marsh, under the newly formed BloodList banner. Marsh's BloodList is a "yearly compilation of the most liked dark genre screenplays".
The story of BOYFRIEND follows
a bullied teen girl who creates an imaginary perfect boyfriend to impress others… but her dream turns to a nightmare when he becomes real.
Sherwood had this to say about the project:
This is a story I’ve been dying to tell for ages. Our teenage years make up such a tiny fraction of our life, and yet somehow, tend to define and shape the decades that follow. Being a teenager is a horror story in and of itself — so taking all those teen insecurities and neuroses and manifesting them in the form of a literal monster is something I find both endlessly fun and terrifying."
I wasn't too impressed by LEATHERFACE, but I'm open to giving Sherwood another chance now that he's working with characters I haven't already been a fan of for decades. I'm on board to check out whatever sort of horrific things this imaginary boyfriend is going to be doing.
We'll keep you updated on BOYFRIEND as the project continues to move forward.